The code of principles of the International Fact-Checking Network IFCN at Poynter is a series of commitments organizations abide by to promote excellence in fact-checking. The following fact checks come from IFCN fact checkers. (D. Van Zandt)
| Claim by Donald Trump: “I won every debate, it’s true. … I’m just saying, every poll.” FactCheck.org rating: Online Surveys, Not Polls |
| Claim by Joe Biden: “I passed one of the first climate change bills in the United States Senate in 1987.”
PolitiFact rating: True |
| Claim: An image shared on Facebook purportedly shows a screen grab of a tweet from President Donald Trump saying, “Nobody should be allowed to photoshop unflattering images of the president – if they do, there must be consequences – perhaps loss of citizenship or year in jail!” Check Your Fact rating: False ‘NOBODY SHOULD BE ALLOWED TO PHOTOSHOP UNFLATTERING IMAGES OF THE PRESIDENT’ – DID TRUMP TWEET THIS? |
| Claim by Facebook posts: U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement “will be at every polling station” on Nov. 3, 2020.
PolitiFact rating: False ICE says it’s not patrolling polling locations on Election Day |
| Claim by Viral image: A photo shows former President Barack Obama awarding the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Harvey Weinstein. FactCheck.org rating: False |
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Claim by Multiple sources: Bullied nine-year-old Australian boy Quaden Bayles, who has dwarfism, is actually an adult
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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Claim by Social Media users: Image shows mass burial ground for tens of thousands of Coronavirus victims, since cremation furnace running 24 hours a day cannot meet demand due to the large number of bodies.
BOOM FACT Check rating: False |
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Claim by Multiple sources: Zambia’s military implement a 9:00 pm curfew
AFP Fact Check rating: False
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Disclaimer: We are providing links to fact checks by the IFCN. If you do not agree with a fact check, please directly contact the source of that fact check
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